The plague is well eradicated, but the King senses a move of rebellion. He thinks the rebellions brought this plague as well. The King brings back his trusted men, Yi Gwang Jwa and Cho Hyun Myung to the palace to assure security and find out about this rebel group.

The King tries to persuade the Chairman to share the palace positions with the Namin in order to weaken the rebels' motivation. The palace doesn't have enough troops so they have to decide where to place them. Hearing that the rebels are coming for the capital, high government officials are the first to flee. The royal troops decide to ambush the rebels.